Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy?

Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by sonnyblarney on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:21PM (#17528614)

One could cut much deeper: No accepted view of what the mind and consciousness really are, no model for the mind, no accepted view of 'what normal is', and no real way to truly identify and diagnose most supposed disorders.

For things like schizophrenia maybe we can help.

But for things like 'depression' we're still walking around in the dark, notwithstanding good progress on some specific things.

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by SubiculumCode on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:51PM (#17528700)

I don't see the fundamental difference between schozophrenia and depression in terms of why one is more or less valid as a target for treatment.

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by barry-cotter on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:55AM (#17528891)

Their point was not that one is less valid than the other as a target for treatment but that we have a slightly better grasp of depression’s etiology than schizophrenia’s.

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